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OzarkCon 2012 QRP Conference Schedule |
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OzarkCon 2012 QRP Conference Schedule |
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| When: | Friday evening April 13 & Saturday April 14 |
| Where: | Stone Castle Hotel and Conference Center - 3050 Green Mountain Road, Branson, Missouri |
| Friday | ||
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Knights Room Dummy Load QSO Party - KØN on 7040 KHz |
Special time for this year. Be sure to bring a portable rig, dummy load and QSL cards. |
| 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Hotel Lobby |
Registration desk open - Patsy Lawson, KC5CDE |
| 4:00 PM until ??? | Knights Room | Vendor & Swap Setup - Vendor Fair follows |
| 6:00 PM | Stonehenge Room | Banquet dinner, and after dinner speaker |
| After dinner till whenever... | Knights Room | Socializing and fun. The QRP vendor fair and swap meet in the Knights Room will be open. |
| After dinner till whenever... | Lancelot Room in Building "A" | Special Ladies Room - Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc. |
| 7:00 - ? PM | Excalibuir Room in Building "A" Dar Piatt W9HZC and Darrel Swenson KØAWB |
Hands-on kit building workshop Excalibur Room in Building "A" Session 1 (workshop registration required - only 20 seats per Session) |
| 7:30 - ? PM |
Excalibur Room in Building "A" Dar Piatt W9HZC and Darrel Swenson KØAWB |
Hands-on kit building workshop Excalibur Room in Building "A" Session 2 (workshop registration required - only 20 seats per Session) |
| 7:30 PM till ??? | Knights Room Dummy Load QSO Party - KØN on 7040 KHz |
Be sure to bring a portable rig, dummy load and QSL cards. |
| 7:30 PM till ??? | Knights Room Wacky Key Contest | Show off your crazy homebrew keys. |
| 9:30 PM till ??? | Knights Room Music for the QRPer | Great musical fun tradition for all. |
| Saturday | ||
| 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Stonehenge Room | Private complementary breakfast for QRPers |
| 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Hotel Lobby | Registration desk open - Patsy Lawson, KC5CDE |
| 7:00 AM - all day | KØN on 7040 KHz including a QSO Party with the Titanic Special Event Station |
WØIIT Bart Lawson Station Master |
| 7:00 AM - all day | Lancelot Room in Building "A" | Special Ladies Room - Crafts, needle work, scrapbooking, etc. |
| 7:00 AM - all day | Knights Room - Flea market vendor fair | QRP flea market, vendor fair open all day |
| Presentations | Stonehenge Room | |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Opening remarks by Terry Fletcher, WAØITP and Ron Potter, AG1P |
| Welcome Address | TBA | |
| 9:30 - 10:15 AM | Iowa High Altitude Balloon Project | Marshall Dias, WØOTM |
| 10:15 - 11:00 AM | POW Clandestine Radio | David Cripe, NMØS |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Radio Astronomy | Phil Anderson, WØXI |
| 11:45 - 1:30 PM | Lunch and QRP swapmeet time (on your own) | |
| 1:30 - 2:15 PM | Intro to LTspice | Nick Kennedy, WA5BDU |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | "Canst Thou send Lightnings" | Jim Wades, WB8SIW |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM | Construction Techniques and Hints | Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB |
| 4:00 PM | Plaque presentations | Terry Fletcher, WAØITP and Ron Potter, AG1P |
| 4:15 PM | OzarkCon Grand Prize drawing - Lots of Prizes! | |
| 4:30 PM to ??? | Dinner on your own | |
| 6:00 - ???? | Evening activities and music for QRPers Homebrew contest and equipment show and tell, demonstrations, socializing, more music and fun! |
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| Sunday | ||
| 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Stonehenge Room | Private complementary breakfast for QRPers |
| Times are somewhat flexible - Check back often for additional information | ||
Page updated February 7, 2012